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Under Which Flag? Reflections on Christian Unity and Identity
William Swan
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William Swan
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Une Mission Spéciale: Leopold Kerney’s Diplomatic Activities on Behalf of the Irish Republic in France, 1919–23
Barry Whelan
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On 21 January 1919 two significant events happened in Ireland that reverberated across the world: the War of Independence began and Irish deputies convened a meeting of Dáil Éireann (Irish parliament) to declare independence from the British Empire. Despite emerging exhausted from the Great War, Britain was in no mood to acquiesce in any diminution of its imperial power and would use all means necessary to defeat this independence effort.
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Universities in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Professor Ray Kinsella
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented shock to all aspects of every country’s functioning. The most visible effects have been on healthcare and the economy, with associated restrictions on freedoms of movement and worship
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Veiled Figures: Pioneering Women Religious in the Sciences
Jennifer A Head
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Jennifer A Head
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Voices in Prefaces: Speaking Irish in an English Reformation
John McCafferty
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Voices in Prefaces: Speaking Irish in an English Reformation
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West and East_ Europe’s Dual Experience
Tomáš Halík
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The spirit of the West
When we speak of East and West in relation to Europe the terms usually have a cultural and political, rather than a geographical sense. The cultural differences between Christianity in the two areas stem from the difference between Greek and Latin thinking.
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What Constitutes a Catholic School in 2019? A Legal Perspective
Feichín McDonagh
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What, in law, is a Catholic school? How do the Irish Constitution and the Education act 1998 regard a ‘Catholic school’ or for that matter any school with a religious patron?…
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Where has Cardinal Pell’s Case Brought Us in the Australian Church?
Frank Brennan SJ
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Pope John Paul II’s biographer George Weigel, writing the Introduction to Cardinal Pell’s Prison Journal, describes this writer as one who ‘had previously held no brief for Cardinal Pell’ and as ‘one who was a severe critic’.1 I plead guilty to both charges.
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Women’s Prophetic Voice for the Church
Gráinne Doherty
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I sort of feel I’m still in there – as tentatively as I am – because I believe in the ability of the Church to change. I believe it can change. And I believe that it will change. And I want to be part of that.
These are the words of Ita, who shared her faith story with me as part of some research I recently conducted in Ireland on the relationship of women with the Catholic Church.
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Writing History with Female Religious Communities- Medieval and Modern Hagiography
Máirín MacCarron
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The importance of hagiographies for the study of early medieval history cannot be overstated. These texts are used to illuminate contemporary social, religious, and political practices, and to understand the intellectual environment of hagiographers. However, an over-emphasis on the hagiographer’s agenda, though crucial for understanding a work’s historical context, sometimes introduces too great a separation between their endeavour as an individual and the role of their protagonist’s community in preserving and curating their own history. This disparity can be particularly pronounced for female religious figures, as the earliest surviving sources concerning their lives often came from outside their monasteries and were written by men.
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Writing the History of Women Religious Today: Possibilities and Problems
Deirdre Raftery
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Deirdre Raftery